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Tourism geography has started in Poland in 1930s. There are two stages in the process of development
of this branch of geography: pre-modern or classical period (from 1930s to 1960s), and modern
or neopositivist period (from 1970s to nowadays). The first period finished in around 1963 (publication
of M.I. Mileska on tourist regionalisation of Poland). The second period has been started in
1970s, and among top authors in this period were J. Warszyńska, A. Jackowski, A.S. Kostrowicki
and A. Krzymowska-Kostrowicka (in 1970s), J. Stachowski, D. Sołowiej and S. Liszewski (in 1980s-
1990s) and at last but not least, B. Włodarczyk (after 2000). Tourism geography in Poland is in
difficult situation. One one hand it is in the stage of methodological stagnation, and one other hand
it has problems with identity as discipline of knowledge. Author of the article remark that the solution
for a future are new methodological approaches: structuralist and critical realism, and systemic
approach.